The original post: /r/torrents by /u/ChertRap on 2024-10-12 16:13:01.

Windows auto restarted but my VPN didn't auto start. I got a warning letter from my ISP about downloads and since then I haven't been able to download (legal, of course) torrents while on VPN. When setting the network interface to my directly to my network adapter downloads/seeds are working again. How is this possible and how do I work around this?

I am guessing it has something to do with ports? DNS?

I've tried https://portchecker.co/check-v0 and it says my port 80 is closed.

I've tried https://ipleak.net/ and can't connect to the torrent link.

I've tried changing the port used in torrent client in settings. (qbittorrent/utorrent)

I've tried using a different VPN.

I've tried a different PC.

I know now to manually select the VPN as the network interface moving forward.